How to Do a Full Inversion on an Inversion Table

Inversion tables are lightweight and portable, making them a great piece of fitness equipment that you can use in your own home. Additionally, inversion tables are fully adjustable so that you can decide just how far you are willing to go. If you are comfortable with your inversion table and are ready to go fully up-side-down, a few tips can get you started.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Prepare your table. Make sure that it is resting on a flat, solid surface and that all of the parts are in good working order. The metal rod extending from the body support platform should be adjusted for your height and weight and locked into place. For a full inversion, you should release the safety strap that connects the frame to the body support platform.
2. Step into your inversion table and lock the ankle support in place so that it is tightly holding your feet. Lean back, lifting your arms and allowing the table to invert. Inversion can be a bit more tricky without the safety strap, so if you are unpracticed, you can hold on gently to the frame as you begin to turn.
3. Release your hands from the frame when you near full inversion if you are holding on and allow the table to come to a rest on the frame. You should now be hanging freely from your feet. Relax and breathe deeply, allowing gravity to do the work. From this position you can perform a variety of inversion table exercises.
4. Come back up by reaching back with one hand and gripping the top of the body support platform and reaching forward with the other to grip the frame. Pull the support platform towards you as you pull on the frame. Once the table begins to lift you can release your hands and return to an upright position by dropping your hands down near your legs.